The Proof of the Heavens Begins with The Legend of the Condor Heroes

Chapter 183 Taoism and Demonism
The world of Zhu Xian is called the vast land of Shenzhou. The land is boundless and has been passed down since ancient times.

It is believed that above the Nine Heavens, there are all kinds of gods, the Lingxiao Palace, and below the Nine Netherworlds, is where the souls return, the Hall of Yama.

As the most intelligent creatures on earth, humans have been pursuing the way to immortality since ancient times.

To this day, true immortality has not been found.

However, there are some masters who have achieved enlightenment through practicing Taoism and have comprehended some of the creation of the universe. They are able to possess powerful strength in their mortal bodies and live for nearly a thousand years without dying.

This made people in the world believe that they had attained enlightenment and become immortals, and more of their descendants began to embark on the path of spiritual cultivation.

Puzhi, one of the four great monks of Tianyin Temple, is one of them.

Compared with other righteous people who like to exorcise demons and keep the right path to ward off evil, Puzhi yearns for the legendary way of immortality.

Over the years, he traveled to the Western Swamp and the Ten Thousand Mountains in search of the true method of immortality.

Unfortunately, after a hundred years of hard work, he achieved nothing. That's when he came up with the idea of ​​integrating the fundamental teachings of Buddhism and Taoism in order to seek immortality.

Zhang Xiaofan was the person chosen by Puzhi. He was the first practitioner in the vast land of China to practice both "Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao" and "Mahabrahma Prajna".

"Fortunately, my incarnation is just a beginner, not even a glimpse of the art, so I just vomited a few mouthfuls of blood after going astray."

Fang Hao used his ability to "see through the world" to check his entire body and found that he just had some blood rushing up his spine and was actually not seriously injured.

"Among the practitioners of 'Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao' and 'Mahabrahma Prajna', only Zhang Xiaofan in the original novel dared to do this." Fang Hao couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Even though he had never practiced in a world with such abundant spiritual energy, Fang Hao was able to analyze the reasons why the two cultivation paths were completely different based on his memories.

The main theme of "Taiji Xuanqing Dao" is all about the word "Dao", which means "Dao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things."

All things carry the yin and embrace the yang, and the collision of qi creates harmony. This is the most orthodox Taoist thought.

Even the three realms of Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao are named after Yu Qing, Shang Qing and Tai Qing of Yuan Shi Tian Zun, Ling Bao Tian Zun and Dao De Tian Zun in Taoist mythology, which are commonly known as the "Three Purities".

Taoist cultivation emphasizes being one with the heaven and earth, being one with nature, controlling the creation of nature with the body, and evolving boundless power.

On the other hand, the main purpose of Buddhism is "one should not dwell on anything and give rise to the mind. All things are inseparable from one's nature."

It is also said: "How could one expect that one's own nature is originally pure; how could one expect that one's own nature is originally without birth or death; how could one expect that one's own nature is originally complete; how could one expect that one's own nature is originally unshakable; how could one expect that one's own nature can give rise to all things!"

The Buddhist practice of self-cultivation focuses on realizing oneself and illuminating the five aggregates. "It can generate eighty-four thousand wisdoms through general understanding." This is what it means.

Taoism seeks outside, Buddhism seeks inside. The two schools of Buddhism and Taoism have very different ideologies, so their methods of practice are naturally diametrically opposed.

Zhang Xiaofan had no idea what was going on and just kept practicing hard. He was lucky enough to just vomit blood.

Knowing the reason, Fang Hao now faced the same problem. However, although he understood it, he had no better solution.

Because this was also his first time to come into contact with the method of cultivating Taoism and practicing Qi.

The accumulation of the past two lives, whether it is the Taiyi Qiankun Gong or the Jie Tian Dafa, although exquisite enough, but there is a limit, which is determined by the upper limit of the world.

However, the upper limit of Zhu Xian World where Shenzhou Haotu is located is much higher than that of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and Joy of Life World! Here there is real spiritual energy of heaven and earth, ancient beasts, nine-day magic weapons, and even the real method of immortality.

Fang Hao has only accumulated knowledge from two lifetimes, which is really not enough in the world of Zhu Xian.

"With my qualifications, if I concentrate on practicing Taiji Xuanqing Dao and combine it with the supernatural powers cast by the Wanxiang Divine Dice, I will be able to make rapid progress, but I may lose the opportunity to practice Mahavairocana forever..."

The reason is simple. It is natural to practice the magic skills at the beginning. The lower the difficulty, the smaller the risk.

Otherwise, as your cultivation level improves, it would be extremely difficult to change your ways.

"The techniques of Buddhism and Taoism can be practiced together. In the original novel, although Zhang Xiaofan wasted three years on this, he also laid a solid foundation."

After much thought, how should I make a decision?

Fang Hao gritted his teeth and decided to follow the path of "practicing Buddhism and Taoism together"!
The reason is that if he only practices "Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao", he may be able to cultivate to the Tai Qing realm of Taoist Xuan Zhenren, but that's where it ends.

However, if one could practice both Buddhism and Taoism together, there would be a chance to integrate the mysterious skills of the Demon Sect in the future, thus achieving the confluence of the three religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Demonism. Then one's future achievements would be limitless!
Because he knew that the sources of all magical skills in the Zhu Xian world came from the five volumes of the heavenly book.

The general outline of the first volume of the Heavenly Book clearly explains the skills of the three religions. They share the same origin and seem to be very different, but in fact they lead to the same goal.

Only those who practice Buddhism, Taoism and Demonism together will have the opportunity to master the five volumes of the Heavenly Book and gain a glimpse of the true way to immortality!
"Fortunately, the first ability solidified by the Universal Divine Dice, 'Transparent World', has always been there. The transparent world allows me to see my own body in detail, which will definitely be of great benefit to my spiritual practice."

As Fang Hao travels through different worlds, the Universal Divine Dice is constantly being developed. In the world of Joy of Life, the ability of "transparent world" is solidified.

He helped Fang Hao discover the visible and invisible meridians of humans in the world of Joy of Life, and thus created the Heaven-cutting Art.

This time of traveling, not only the ability of "transparent world" was retained, but even the second ability "Phoenix Nirvana" was solidified.

However, the ability of "Phoenix Nirvana" is activated passively, and it is not of much help to Fang Hao's current situation.

Phoenix Nirvana: Every death is a rebirth for you. You will automatically gain the power that kills you. This can be passively activated once in each cycle.

This is undoubtedly an extremely extraordinary ability. To put it bluntly, it gives Fang Hao a second life.

Although each time of crossing can only be passively triggered once, and although each activation requires a nine-day life and death reversal period, resurrection from the dead has already surpassed the realm of mortals.

It is the most taboo method in the world of Zhu Xian and can be used as a trump card.

Unfortunately, it is of little help to the predicament Fang Hao is facing now.

"It's enough to have the inner vision effect of a transparent world. No matter what, I won't perform worse than Zhang Xiaofan in the original timeline." Fang Hao thought to himself.

Although he himself had experienced only low-end worlds, the trace of dark energy he intercepted at the end of the Joy of Life world was still sealed deep in his soul.

The energy level of this original power of the multiverse is probably even higher than the magic power cultivated by the three religions of magic, Taoism and Buddhism in the world of Zhu Xian.

Therefore, Fang Hao is still very confident in his talent for cultivation.

"Next, let's get started!" Fang Hao thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)